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Australia: Two injured in shooting south of Brisbane Sydney, Oct 31 (IANS) Two people have been hospitalised with gunshot wounds following a drive-by shooting south of Brisbane in the early hours of Friday morning. The police service in the Australian state of Queensland said in a statement that emergency services were alerted that two people had been injured in a shooting in the suburb of Park Ridge, 26 km south of Brisbane, at around 1:20 am on Friday. An 18-year-old man was transported to hospital in a serious but stable condition, and a 20-year-old woman was hospitalized with injuries not…

Vietnamese govt proposes assigning public security ministry to manage IP identification Hanoi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Vietnamese government has proposed assigning the Ministry of Public Security to manage Internet Protocol (IP) address identification to ensure data security and cybersecurity, local daily VnExpress reported Friday. The proposal is part of the draft Law on Cybersecurity submitted to the ongoing session of the 15th National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam on Friday. Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang said the draft law builds on the 2018 Cybersecurity Law, retaining 21 articles while revising and supplementing nine others, Xinhua News Agency reported. The…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At a secret location in rural Ukraine, columns of attack drones are assembled at night and in near silence to strike deep inside Russia.Their targets are strategic: oil refineries, fuel depots, and military logistics hubs. Since the summer, Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign has ramped up dramatically, pounding energy infrastructure across Russia and stretching Moscow’s air defenses thin.Built from parts made in a scattered network of workshops, these drones now fly much further than at any point in the war.Officers in body armor move with quick precision; headlamps glow red to stay hidden. Engines sputter like old…

Film actor Prakash Raj, former Indian hockey captain Ashish Ballal, former Air Force pilot Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar, who played a key role in the development of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, and retired judge of the Karnataka High Court P B Bajantri are among the 70 personalities selected by the Karnataka Government for the Rajyotsava Award for the year 2025. The Karnataka government announced the winners on Thursday night ahead of the Rajyotsava celebrations on November 1 in the state. The 70 awards mark the 70th state formation day for Karnataka. Renowned writers Rajendra Chenni and Rahamath Tarikere…

Bangladesh: NCP slams BNP, Jamaat for fueling uncertainty over Feb 2026 election Dhaka, Oct 31 (IANS) In a growing political crisis in Bangladesh ahead of next year’s election, the National Citizen Party (NCP) slammed both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami for engaging in “irrelevant debates” over the implementation of the July charter, alleging that it derailed the process and created uncertainty over the February 2026 polls, local media reported. “Whether the referendum will happen before or after, this is a pointless argument between Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP — we [NCP] will not be involved in this…

Patna: Days after the Mahagathbandhan announced poll sops for the Bihar elections, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) released its manifesto promising over one crore new government jobs and a pledge to empower one crore women ‘Lakhpati Didis’ (women earning over one lakh rupees annually).The manifesto which was released Friday in the presence of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Union minister Chirag Paswan, BJP national president J.P.Nadda among others, also promises to provide Minimum Support Price (MSP) for every crop. It further promises employment for every youth, a move which seemingly is an answer to the opposition’s promise of one government job…

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The security agencies are keeping a close watch following a call made by the Al-Qaeda in the Sub-Continent (AQIS) to launch lone wolf attacks in India. This signals a shift in the functioning of the AQIS, which has so far not managed to make the kind of progress it would have wanted to in India. The AQIS was launched in 2014 with the sole goal of carrying out strikes in the sub-continent. While it was formed in Afghanistan, it had stated that its primary focus would be India. The outfit had even spoken about liberating…

The National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) election manifesto for the Bihar Assembly polls has placed the spotlight on its flagship welfare initiative — the ‘Panchamrit Guarantee’, a five-point promise aimed at ensuring social and economic security for the state’s poor and marginalised families. What Is ‘Panchamrit Guarantee’?  Unveiled as part of the NDA’s broader Sankalp Patra in Patna on Friday, the Panchamrit Guarantee represents the alliance’s most significant outreach to low-income and vulnerable groups. It combines essential welfare measures such as free ration supplies, 125 units of complimentary electricity per household, and medical insurance coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh,…

Rajnath Singh, US War Secretary Hegseth sign 10-year ‘Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership’ Kuala Lumpur, Oct 31 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday met US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in Kuala Lumpur, where the two leaders signed a 10-year ‘Framework for the US-India Major Defence Partnership’ heralding a new era in deepening the defence ties between the two nations. The bilateral engagement was held on the sidelines of the 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), scheduled to begin on November 1. “Had a fruitful meeting with my US counterpart Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in Kuala…

MumbaiOctober 31, 2025 12:18 PM IST First published on: Oct 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM IST Known for his brash style of politics, Prahar Janshakti Party (PJP) chief and former MLA Omprakash Babarao Kadu, better known as Bachchu Kadu, has grabbed the spotlight yet again, this time for leading the “Maha Elgar Morcha” called by farmer organisations demanding loan waivers. On Wednesday, the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court took suo motu notice of the National Highway-44 (Nagpur–Hyderabad highway) being blocked by thousands of farmers under Kadu’s leadership and directed them to vacate the road. Even as the police…